Wayback Machine 1947: Electric Bike
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 02. 1.08
The perpetual motion bike! Perfect for San Francisco! Love the streamlining, though. ::Modern Mechanix
Dwall said:
"This is from the same guy who is buying up water rights from farmers in order to sell it back to big cities by way of long pipelines built on land ..." [read]
Alex M. Pruteanu said: "I saw this on the heels of reading about Nissan introducing an all electric car to the States by 2010-2012. As noted in a comment above me, I vivi..." [read]
ben said: ""teach your cat some discipline!" Bahahaha! Have you ever even met a cat?..." [read]
Paul Eckerson said: " Having a degree in chemistry and working in the feild my entire career, I know that the laws of thermodynamics tell me using electricit..." [read]
Bobbiker said: "If there were no bike boxes or bike lanes or separate bike paths, and cyclists simply shared the roads with cars as I have done for 35 years with c..." [read]
Alex M. Pruteanu said: "I saw this on the heels of reading about Nissan introducing an all electric car to the States by 2010-2012. As noted in a comment above me, I vivi..." [read]
ben said: ""teach your cat some discipline!" Bahahaha! Have you ever even met a cat?..." [read]
Paul Eckerson said: " Having a degree in chemistry and working in the feild my entire career, I know that the laws of thermodynamics tell me using electricit..." [read]
Bobbiker said: "If there were no bike boxes or bike lanes or separate bike paths, and cyclists simply shared the roads with cars as I have done for 35 years with c..." [read]
Here are a few recommended websites.
Here are a few recommended websites.
- Ecotality Blog
- Ecostore
- Accidental Environmentalist Jolly Green Girl Confidential
- GreenShopper.com - Environmentally Friendly and Green Shopping Community
- Eco Investment Club
- Runaway Now
- Our Greener Life
- Sustainable is Good
- Variety Presents Green Hollywood
- Switchboard
- Architype Review
- Green Fertility
- The Blue Marble Blog
Now THAT is the kind of design I am looking for. What happened to us? 60 years later and we have a big chunky battery strapped on to a boring frame.
Man, is that guy strong or what?
Yeah, that's cool looking.
Man, that's great, that is until you get halfway up the next hill and have to start peddeling that tank up the rest of the way. Love the pedals though.
Only a few hundred of those fiberglass Bowden Spacelanders were ever built. These days, they are sought after as collector's items and go for around $15K.